42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

2LT

James A McPhee

Aged 27, fallen January 10, 1945

Unit
Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
1081713
Hometown
Washington, Maine
Date of death
January 10, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing, Epinal, France

Second Lieutenant James A McPhee, serial number 1081713, of Washington, Maine, served with Company F of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 10, 1945, at the age of 27. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.

Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.

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